Children: Parenting

Baroness Scott of Needham Market: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide additional training to support the wider delivery of parenting interventions, and to maintain the quality of those interventions.

Lord Hill of Oareford: A well trained workforce is critical to the delivery of effective parenting interventions.
	In 2010-11 the Government funded training (through the Children's Workforce Development Council) to deliver evidence-based parenting programmes for 1,000 practitioners. Building on this, the Government are supporting a range of measures to assist local areas in ensuring that the workforce is appropriately trained, including:
	making available on the Department for Education website a range of regularly updated training resources for local areas and organisations to deliver the level 3 and level 4 work with parents qualifications. These are the qualifications for the parents and families' workforce. In 2011-12 the Children's Workforce Development Council was funded by the Government to train 80 new local authority trainers in the delivery and assessment of the new level 4 award;working with City and Guilds to enable them to develop new units in the work with parents qualification, ensuring they have access to up-to-date policy information particularly in relation to troubled families. New units have just been made available at level 3 (relating to support for families with complex and multiple needs; and support for parents in their couple relationship) and a range of further units are being developed at level 4;in June 2012 the Government announced an expansion of the scheme under which local authorities get financial incentives to tackle the most troubled families. The Government are diverting £448 million from existing departmental budgets over four years to help identify families in need of help, make sure they get access to the right services and ensure that action is taken. Local areas will decide how this money is used, but it is anticipated that some of it will be spent on training to support the delivery of parenting interventions; andthe Department for Education website also provides local commissioners with information about evidence-based parenting interventions including details of the training requirements for successful delivery of the programme. All those featured have recently been independently reviewed to ensure they have a rigorous evidence base.
	www.education.gov.uk/commissioning-toolkit.

Civil Service: Training

Lord Norton of Louth: To ask Her Majesty's Government what training previously provided to Ministers and to senior civil servants by the National School of Government is not provided by Civil Service Learning.

Baroness Verma: The National School of Government (NSG) provided a wide range of training courses for civil servants, including senior civil servants. Their bias was often towards longer residential courses, which is now out of step with best practice in training and constraints on departmental budgets.
	Civil Service Learning (CSL) is not a replacement for NSG. It was established prior to NSG's closure and provided courses that contributed towards the new common curriculum for the Civil Service. The curriculum includes a suite of programmes for senior civil servants to address their current and future needs. While some of the content of these programmes is new and the style of delivery is different, with a greater choice and variety of learning solutions, the relevant learning needs of senior civil servants continue to be met.
	CSL will continue the provision of professional development opportunities for Ministers in support of their departmental roles, and to enable them better to perform their ministerial duties in line with the Ministerial Code. This provision mirrors what was available previously through the NSG.

Civil Service: Training

Lord Norton of Louth: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants of permanent secretary or equivalent presently in post have received dedicated training on the constitutional significance of Parliament and the conventions governing the relationship between Parliament and Government; and whether it is a requirement that those appointed as Permanent Secretaries have received such training.

Baroness Verma: Information on the training which civil servants currently at Permanent Secretary or equivalent level have received in the past is not held centrally.
	All civil servants can attend training provided by Civil Service Learning covering the role of Parliament, understanding the parliamentary process, and the relationship between Parliament and Government.
	The Civil Service Reform plan published last week made clear that all civil servants will receive five days training in the future.

Climate Change

Lord Donoughue: To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has spent on activities related to climate change since May 2010.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: Expenditure figures on activities related to climate change since May 2012 are not yet available.

Disabled People: Personal Independence Payments

Baroness Thomas of Winchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that members of the House of Lords can view and comment on the third version of the assessment criteria for personal independence payments before the final draft of the instrument is laid before the House for approval, and if so, how.

Lord Freud: The department's consultation on the assessment criteria closed on 30 April. We are now analysing the over 1,000 responses received, considering the changes we may wish to make to the assessment criteria to take account of those responses and to ensure the criteria allow effective assessment of the needs of disabled people. We intend to publish a response to the consultation and a final draft of the assessment criteria later this year, with regulations laid before Parliament thereafter.
	An exact timetable has yet to be agreed but we are not intending to have a formal period of pre-legislative scrutiny on the assessment regulations, which have already been subject to extensive consultation and co-production with disabled people and disability organisations. The regulations will be made available to the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments for its scrutiny and will be laid under an affirmative resolution, providing both Houses with the opportunity to debate and approve them before they can be made.

Education: Modern Languages

Baroness Coussins: To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to reach a decision on whether to accept the recommendation of the Expert Panel that modern foreign languages should be restored to the compulsory part of the national curriculum until the end of Key Stage 4.

Lord Hill of Oareford: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State has now written to Tim Oates, the chair of the expert panel, with his response to the panel's recommendations for the primary curriculum. The letter states his intention to add breadth to the primary curriculum by requiring all schools to teach a foreign language at key stage 2, from year 3 to year 6. He is currently considering the recommendations of the expert panel in relation to subject coverage at key stage 4 and will be making an announcement soon.

Employment: Under 25s

Lord Adonis: To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the youth contract funding for subsidised jobs for under 24 year-olds on the Work Programme has been dispersed since the launch of the contract in April.

Lord Freud: The wage incentive element of the youth contract was launched in April 2012. To date no payments have been made. Employers make their first claim for the wage incentive when the young person has been in employment for a minimum of eight weeks. Therefore, we expect to make the first payments in late June 2012.

Employment: Under 25s

Lord Roberts of Llandudno: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many job vacancies for those aged between 16 and 25 were available in each parliamentary constituency in May 2012.
	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many jobseekers aged between 16 and 25 there were in the United Kingdom in May 2012.
	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many job vacancies for those aged 26 and over were available in each parliamentary constituency in May 2012.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
	Letter from Stephen Penneck, Director General for ONS, to Lord Roberts of Llandudno, dated June 2012.
	As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking how many job vacancies for those aged between 16 and 25 were available in each parliamentary constituency in May 2012 (HL1033); how many jobseekers aged between 16 and 25 there were in the United Kingdom in May 2012 (HL1034); how many job vacancies for those aged 26 and over were available in each parliamentary constituency in May 2012(HL1035).
	The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates the number of vacancies from the ONS Vacancy Survey, however estimates for geographic areas below UK are not available from this source.
	An alternative source of information on job vacancies is administrative data from Jobcentre Plus. This data only includes job vacancies notified to Jobcentre Plus and consequently is inconsistent with the UK estimates from the Vacancy Survey, however geographical area breakdowns of this data are available. Currently Jobcentre Plus vacancies account for around half of the total number of vacancies as reported by the Vacancy Survey.
	Vacancies are not provided on the basis of the age of people they are available for. Therefore no age breakdown is possible.
	In Table 1, we have provided the number of live unfilled Jobcentre Plus vacancies for May 2012, the most recent for which figures are available for each parliamentary constituency within the UK. We have also provided a figure excluding vacancies which advertise self employment opportunities.
	Figures on the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) are available from Jobcentre Plus administrative data. The number of people aged 16 to 24 claiming JSA resident in the UK in May 2012 was 456k.
	National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at http://www.nomisweb.co.uk.
	
		
			 Table 1: Number of live unfilled Jobcentre Plus vacancies by Parliamentary Constituency, May 2012 
			 North East   
			 Berwick-upon-Tweed 296 281 
			 Bishop Auckland 309 258 
			 Blaydon 310 308 
			 Blyth Valley 363 289 
			 City of Durham 489 437 
			 Darlington 548 491 
			 Easington 367 363 
			 Gateshead 640 580 
			 Hartlepool 358 270 
			 Hexham 307 250 
			 Houghton and Sunderland South 338 329 
			 Jarrow 290 288 
			 Middlesbrough 816 686 
			 Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland 149 139 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne Central 932 659 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne East 348 295 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne North 457 452 
			 North Durham 375 358 
			 North Tyneside 433 368 
			 North West Durham 194 182 
			 Redcar 439 425 
			 Sedgefield 239 235 
			 South Shields 257 230 
			 Stockton North 440 358 
			 Stockton South 479 471 
			 Sunderland Central 486 411 
			 Tynemouth 275 250 
			 Wansbeck 209 153 
			 Washington and Sunderland West 497 471 
			 North West   
			 Altrincham and Sale West 763 596 
			 Ashton-under-Lyne 239 204 
			 Barrow and Furness 261 236 
			 Birkenhead 399 308 
			 Blackburn 675 535 
			 Blackley and Broughton 423 282 
			 Blackpool North and Cleveleys 356 239 
			 Blackpool South 791 527 
			 Bolton North East 538 375 
			 Bolton South East 286 253 
			 Bolton West 347 188 
			 Bootle 249 168 
			 Burnley 403 274 
			 Bury North 350 247 
			 Bury South 222 183 
			 Carlisle 376 209 
			 Cheadle 399 349 
			 Chorley 408 345 
			 City of Chester 1,148 898 
			 Congleton 503 442 
			 Copeland 198 171 
			 Crewe and Nantwich 1,043 856 
			 Denton and Reddish 382 370 
			 Eddisbury 642 604 
			 Ellesmere Port and Neston 636 554 
			 Fylde 414 386 
			 Garston and Halewood 368 336 
			 Halton 541 465 
			 Hazel Grove 333 289 
			 Heywood and Middleton 744 649 
			 Hyndburn 372 317 
			 Knowsley 362 340 
			 Lancaster and Fleetwood 451 319 
			 Leigh 307 275 
			 Liverpool, Riverside 1,653 1,264 
			 Liverpool, Walton 850 779 
			 Liverpool, Wavertree 506 482 
			 Liverpool, West Derby 211 180 
			 Macclesfield 532 469 
			 Makerfield 267 252 
			 Manchester Central 2,781 2,332 
			 Manchester, Gorton 270 225 
			 Manchester, Withington 360 327 
			 Morecambe and Lunesdale 287 261 
			 Oldham East and Saddleworth 451 379 
			 Oldham West and Royton 512 437 
			 Pendle 279 269 
			 Penrith and The Border 378 268 
			 Preston 906 721 
			 Ribble Valley 417 353 
			 Rochdale 416 331 
			 Rossendale and Darwen 270 217 
			 Salford and Eccles 974 846 
			 Sefton Central 121 114 
			 South Ribble 392 374 
			 Southport 481 411 
			 St Helens North 541 440 
			 St Helens South and Whiston 542 473 
			 Stalybridge and Hyde 187 183 
			 Stockport 957 865 
			 Stretford and Urmston 1,255 1,153 
			 Tatton 1,044 985 
			 Wallasey 201 185 
			 Warrington North 523 474 
			 Warrington South 960 805 
			 Weaver Vale 653 562 
			 West Lancashire 730 655 
			 Westmorland and Lonsdale 513 441 
			 Wigan 960 598 
			 Wirral South 260 245 
			 Wirral West 112 85 
			 Workington 172 166 
			 Worsley and Eccles South 234 181 
			 Wyre and Preston North 276 265 
			 Wythenshawe and Sale East 635 449 
			 Yorkshire and The Humber   
			 Barnsley Central 313 241 
			 Barnsley East 159 133 
			 Batley and Spen 480 445 
			 Beverley and Holderness 244 171 
			 Bradford East 497 370 
			 Bradford South 395 306 
			 Bradford West 830 640 
			 Brigg and Goole 291 243 
			 Calder Valley 550 488 
			 Cleethorpes 364 300 
			 Colne Valley 203 181 
			 Dewsbury 367 259 
			 Don Valley 200 188 
			 Doncaster Central 791 522 
			 Doncaster North 166 142 
			 East Yorkshire 250 198 
			 Elmet and Rothwell 291 244 
			 Great Grimsby 437 299 
			 Halifax 567 411 
			 Haltemprice and Howden 137 134 
			 Harrogate and Knaresborough 749 621 
			 Hemsworth 272 238 
			 Huddersfield 544 420 
			 Keighley 362 276 
			 Kingston upon Hull East 160 90 
			 Kingston upon Hull North 123 94 
			 Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle 606 387 
			 Leeds Central 2,550 2,045 
			 Leeds East 243 161 
			 Leeds North East 189 139 
			 Leeds North West 353 338 
			 Leeds West 275 195 
			 Morley and Outwood 526 402 
			 Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford 540 452 
			 Penistone and Stocksbridge 208 150 
			 Pudsey 434 270 
			 Richmond (Yorks) 606 562 
			 Rother Valley 273 247 
			 Rotherham 502 459 
			 Scarborough and Whitby 582 503 
			 Scunthorpe 453 332 
			 Selby and Ainsty 759 713 
			 Sheffield Central 1,215 980 
			 Sheffield South East 308 224 
			 Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough 226 200 
			 Sheffield, Hallam 56 53 
			 Sheffield, Heeley 100 96 
			 Shipley 374 311 
			 Skipton and Ripon 538 479 
			 Thirsk and Malton 454 396 
			 Wakefield 749 609 
			 Wentworth and Dearne 297 263 
			 York Central 780 595 
			 York Outer 597 564 
			 East Midlands   
			 Amber Valley 832 750 
			 Ashfield 621 579 
			 Bassetlaw 645 578 
			 Bolsover 595 591 
			 Boston and Skegness 651 502 
			 Bosworth 456 434 
			 Broxtowe 291 249 
			 Charnwood 308 293 
			 Chesterfield 408 358 
			 Corby 704 627 
			 Daventry 997 770 
			 Derby North 302 274 
			 Derby South 1,188 773 
			 Derbyshire Dales 527 498 
			 Erewash 487 458 
			 Gainsborough 311 264 
			 Gedling 295 213 
			 Grantham and Stamford 564 466 
			 Harborough 369 347 
			 High Peak 318 282 
			 Kettering 745 681 
			 Leicester East 352 339 
			 Leicester South 1,444 910 
			 Leicester West 436 385 
			 Lincoln 959 634 
			 Loughborough 607 564 
			 Louth and Horncastle 630 494 
			 Mansfield 609 482 
			 Mid Derbyshire 302 233 
			 Newark 839 688 
			 North East Derbyshire 223 218 
			 North West Leicestershire 947 884 
			 Northampton North 225 216 
			 Northampton South 1,007 518 
			 Nottingham East 694 377 
			 Nottingham North 224 208 
			 Nottingham South 1,436 1,096 
			 Rushcliffe 633 576 
			 Rutland and Melton 540 524 
			 Sherwood 493 482 
			 Sleaford and North Hykeham 668 580 
			 South Derbyshire 410 316 
			 South Holland and The Deepings 404 382 
			 South Leicestershire 1,142 1,087 
			 South Northamptonshire 648 584 
			 Wellingborough 1,126 497 
			 West Midlands   
			 Aldridge-Brownhills 453 450 
			 Birmingham, Edgbaston 521 424 
			 Birmingham, Erdington 494 437 
			 Birmingham, Hall Green 321 307 
			 Birmingham, Hodge Hill 259 232 
			 Birmingham, Ladywood 2,372 1,645 
			 Birmingham, Northfield 239 228 
			 Birmingham, Perry Barr 285 236 
			 Birmingham, Selly Oak 320 244 
			 Birmingham, Yardley 557 471 
			 Bromsgrove 594 556 
			 Burton 642 541 
			 Cannock Chase 531 383 
			 Coventry North East 784 559 
			 Coventry North West 376 318 
			 Coventry South 1,404 943 
			 Dudley North 383 328 
			 Dudley South 369 350 
			 Halesowen and Rowley Regis 512 401 
			 Hereford and South Herefordshire 398 324 
			 Kenilworth and Southam 644 482 
			 Lichfield 793 764 
			 Ludlow 380 321 
			 Meriden 512 440 
			 Mid Worcestershire 840 775 
			 Newcastle-under-Lyme 665 549 
			 North Herefordshire 224 194 
			 North Shropshire 481 426 
			 North Warwickshire 1,111 822 
			 Nuneaton 375 333 
			 Redditch 526 465 
			 Rugby 622 514 
			 Shrewsbury and Atcham 567 499 
			 Solihull 1,050 883 
			 South Staffordshire 533 503 
			 Stafford 693 569 
			 Staffordshire Moorlands 184 184 
			 Stoke-on-Trent Central 760 579 
			 Stoke-on-Trent North 482 446 
			 Stoke-on-Trent South 786 737 
			 Stone 687 625 
			 Stourbridge 349 331 
			 Stratford-on-Avon 735 670 
			 Sutton Coldfield 317 211 
			 Tamworth 647 558 
			 Telford 758 569 
			 The Wrekin 387 369 
			 Walsall North 596 492 
			 Walsall South 459 351 
			 Warley 364 305 
			 Warwick and Leamington 703 471 
			 West Bromwich East 310 235 
			 West Bromwich West 825 806 
			 West Worcestershire 396 343 
			 Wolverhampton North East 838 613 
			 Wolverhampton South East 520 477 
			 Wolverhampton South West 254 185 
			 Worcester 653 552 
			 Wyre Forest 493 403 
			 East of England   
			 Basildon and Billericay 452 322 
			 Bedford 550 412 
			 Braintree 630 442 
			 Brentwood and Ongar 364 317 
			 Broadland 436 332 
			 Broxbourne 604 540 
			 Bury St Edmunds 652 483 
			 Cambridge 1,254 959 
			 Castle Point 189 173 
			 Central Suffolk and North Ipswich 337 257 
			 Chelmsford 745 554 
			 Clacton 382 365 
			 Colchester 829 751 
			 Epping Forest 469 293 
			 Great Yarmouth 348 331 
			 Harlow 425 358 
			 Harwich and North Essex 363 355 
			 Hemel Hempstead 623 596 
			 Hertford and Stortford 497 409 
			 Hertsmere 360 352 
			 Hitchin and Harpenden 287 210 
			 Huntingdon 692 603 
			 Ipswich 579 403 
			 Luton North 85 77 
			 Luton South 681 491 
			 Maldon 271 177 
			 Mid Bedfordshire 232 195 
			 Mid Norfolk 186 178 
			 North East Bedfordshire 244 182 
			 North East Cambridgeshire 338 189 
			 North East Hertfordshire 399 324 
			 North Norfolk 383 358 
			 North West Cambridgeshire 764 610 
			 North West Norfolk 410 333 
			 Norwich North 534 480 
			 Norwich South 952 776 
			 Peterborough 952 657 
			 Rayleigh and Wickford 149 130 
			 Rochford and Southend East 439 338 
			 Saffron Walden 487 396 
			 South Basildon and East Thurrock 217 199 
			 South Cambridgeshire 491 429 
			 South East Cambridgeshire 526 368 
			 South Norfolk 426 330 
			 South Suffolk 325 265 
			 South West Bedfordshire 511 467 
			 South West Hertfordshire 216 197 
			 South West Norfolk 377 290 
			 Southend West 222 194 
			 St Albans 667 558 
			 Stevenage 923 538 
			 Suffolk Coastal 577 459 
			 Thurrock 659 581 
			 Watford 683 545 
			 Waveney 348 215 
			 Welwyn Hatfield 574 521 
			 West Suffolk 581 389 
			 Witham 414 343 
			 London   
			 Barking 464 345 
			 Battersea 219 202 
			 Beckenham 98 82 
			 Bermondsey and Old Southwark 712 546 
			 Bethnal Green and Bow 407 384 
			 Bexleyheath and Crayford 473 408 
			 Brent Central 467 422 
			 Brent North 267 223 
			 Brentford and Isleworth 564 492 
			 Bromley and Chislehurst 356 314 
			 Camberwell and Peckham 254 231 
			 Carshalton and Wallington 156 143 
			 Chelsea and Fulham 296 259 
			 Chingford and Woodford Green 235 224 
			 Chipping Barnet 185 157 
			 Cities of London and Westminster 3,501 3,222 
			 Croydon Central 531 433 
			 Croydon North 359 252 
			 Croydon South 282 271 
			 Dagenham and Rainham 304 275 
			 Dulwich and West Norwood 114 109 
			 Ealing Central and Acton 606 533 
			 Ealing North 259 255 
			 Ealing, Southall 222 218 
			 East Ham 376 345 
			 Edmonton 326 237 
			 Eltham 57 55 
			 Enfield North 578 551 
			 Enfield, Southgate 204 99 
			 Erith and Thamesmead 344 271 
			 Feltham and Heston 435 325 
			 Finchley and Golders Green 250 158 
			 Greenwich and Woolwich 1,254 1,138 
			 Hackney North and Stoke Newington 125 76 
			 Hackney South and Shoreditch 406 374 
			 Hammersmith 511 421 
			 Hampstead and Kilburn 201 188 
			 Harrow East 190 163 
			 Harrow West 302 251 
			 Hayes and Harlington 784 740 
			 Hendon 513 445 
			 Holborn and St Pancras 911 737 
			 Hornchurch and Upminster 231 212 
			 Hornsey and Wood Green 107 104 
			 Ilford North 224 195 
			 Ilford South 312 234 
			 Islington North 135 125 
			 Islington South and Finsbury 576 522 
			 Kensington 234 213 
			 Kingston and Surbiton 493 448 
			 Lewisham East 412 340 
			 Lewisham West and Penge 219 208 
			 Lewisham, Deptford 350 337 
			 Leyton and Wanstead 181 146 
			 Mitcham and Morden 205 166 
			 Old Bexley and Sidcup 108 88 
			 Orpington 162 116 
			 Poplar and Limehouse 306 282 
			 Putney 144 143 
			 Richmond Park 262 254 
			 Romford 735 649 
			 Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner 106 85 
			 Streatham 148 139 
			 Sutton and Cheam 172 139 
			 Tooting 96 91 
			 Tottenham 375 318 
			 Twickenham 318 270 
			 Uxbridge and South Ruislip 455 427 
			 Vauxhall 570 467 
			 Walthamstow 317 286 
			 West Ham 1,484 1,424 
			 Westminster North 123 123 
			 Wimbledon 324 260 
			 South East   
			 Aldershot 695 665 
			 Arundel and South Downs 729 169 
			 Ashford 505 389 
			 Aylesbury 664 553 
			 Banbury 795 721 
			 Basingstoke 659 591 
			 Beaconsfield 631 610 
			 Bexhill and Battle 265 206 
			 Bognor Regis and Littlehampton 841 316 
			 Bracknell 400 330 
			 Brighton, Kemptown 623 219 
			 Brighton, Pavilion 403 356 
			 Buckingham 329 276 
			 Canterbury 637 566 
			 Chatham and Aylesford 397 356 
			 Chesham and Amersham 262 227 
			 Chichester 1,280 475 
			 Crawley 1,094 830 
			 Dartford 845 683 
			 Dover 274 208 
			 East Hampshire 397 313 
			 East Surrey 428 387 
			 East Worthing and Shoreham 431 149 
			 Eastbourne 653 256 
			 Eastleigh 498 416 
			 Epsom and Ewell 437 383 
			 Esher and Walton 453 345 
			 Fareham 690 393 
			 Faversham and Mid Kent 512 495 
			 Folkestone and Hythe 396 381 
			 Gillingham and Rainham 96 76 
			 Gosport 345 222 
			 Gravesham 448 415 
			 Guildford 925 840 
			 Hastings and Rye 424 260 
			 Havant 480 358 
			 Henley 373 300 
			 Horsham 510 439 
			 Hove 410 264 
			 Isle of Wight 457 243 
			 Lewes 746 202 
			 Maidenhead 440 296 
			 Maidstone and The Weald 589 502 
			 Meon Valley 312 277 
			 Mid Sussex 608 428 
			 Milton Keynes North 989 810 
			 Milton Keynes South 566 496 
			 Mole Valley 438 355 
			 New Forest East 456 419 
			 New Forest West 427 390 
			 Newbury 1,094 998 
			 North East Hampshire 278 268 
			 North Thanet 275 248 
			 North West Hampshire 622 578 
			 Oxford East 1,398 1,133 
			 Oxford West and Abingdon 831 701 
			 Portsmouth North 457 324 
			 Portsmouth South 974 662 
			 Reading East 734 569 
			 Reading West 378 338 
			 Reigate 574 444 
			 Rochester and Strood 425 343 
			 Romsey and Southampton North 389 371 
			 Runnymede and Weybridge 794 497 
			 Sevenoaks 578 550 
			 Sittingbourne and Sheppey 371 324 
			 Slough 806 781 
			 South Thanet 527 422 
			 South West Surrey 359 319 
			 Southampton, Itchen 1,058 634 
			 Southampton, Test 665 539 
			 Spelthorne 487 353 
			 Surrey Heath 480 373 
			 Tonbridge and Malling 367 344 
			 Tunbridge Wells 515 465 
			 Wantage 601 537 
			 Wealden 496 241 
			 Winchester 604 460 
			 Windsor 642 599 
			 Witney 541 452 
			 Woking 427 381 
			 Wokingham 414 390 
			 Worthing West 610 250 
			 Wycombe 500 441 
			 South West   
			 Bath 719 599 
			 Bournemouth East 760 448 
			 Bournemouth West 1,036 669 
			 Bridgwater and West Somerset 657 508 
			 Bristol East 298 294 
			 Bristol North West 869 833 
			 Bristol South 550 506 
			 Bristol West 1,406 1,122 
			 Camborne and Redruth 248 226 
			 Central Devon 270 256 
			 Cheltenham 563 475 
			 Chippenham 406 314 
			 Christchurch 389 368 
			 Devizes 190 170 
			 East Devon 606 546 
			 Exeter 1,171 831 
			 Filton and Bradley Stoke 527 501 
			 Forest of Dean 169 160 
			 Gloucester 558 429 
			 Kingswood 292 186 
			 Mid Dorset and North Poole 407 383 
			 Newton Abbot 691 518 
			 North Cornwall 408 354 
			 North Devon 430 387 
			 North Dorset 276 272 
			 North East Somerset 179 154 
			 North Somerset 714 685 
			 North Swindon 473 412 
			 North Wiltshire 205 179 
			 Plymouth, Moor View 177 170 
			 Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport 767 455 
			 Poole 842 703 
			 Salisbury 719 423 
			 Somerton and Frome 295 228 
			 South Dorset 985 822 
			 South East Cornwall 201 175 
			 South Swindon 643 484 
			 South West Devon 327 287 
			 South West Wiltshire 350 276 
			 St Austell and Newquay 629 454 
			 St Ives 292 229 
			 Stroud 355 322 
			 Taunton Deane 771 630 
			 Tewkesbury 441 396 
			 The Cotswolds 299 287 
			 Thornbury and Yate 617 550 
			 Tiverton and Honiton 563 512 
			 Torbay 591 452 
			 Torridge and West Devon 218 192 
			 Totnes 335 236 
			 Truro and Falmouth 664 554 
			 Wells 511 469 
			 West Dorset 554 420 
			 Weston-Super-Mare 428 350 
			 Yeovil 343 272 
			 Wales   
			 Ynys Mon 182 171 
			 Delyn 263 228 
			 Alyn and Deeside 719 705 
			 Wrexham 669 548 
			 Llanelli 256 195 
			 Gower 216 188 
			 Swansea West 948 688 
			 Swansea East 745 724 
			 Aberavon 310 257 
			 Cardiff Central 684 598 
			 Cardiff North 237 174 
			 Rhondda 187 47 
			 Torfaen 367 294 
			 Monmouth 342 311 
			 Newport East 230 222 
			 Newport West 559 400 
			 Arfon 231 226 
			 Aberconwy 218 199 
			 Clwyd West 421 389 
			 Vale of Clwyd 300 267 
			 Dwyfor Meirionnydd 294 290 
			 Clwyd South 151 135 
			 Montgomeryshire 271 263 
			 Ceredigion 200 173 
			 Preseli Pembrokeshire 209 168 
			 Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire 462 391 
			 Carmarthen East and Dinefwr 179 128 
			 Brecon and Radnorshire 294 270 
			 Neath 208 137 
			 Cynon Valley 224 152 
			 Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney 182 159 
			 Blaenau Gwent 290 196 
			 Bridgend 989 410 
			 Ogmore 343 136 
			 Pontypridd 307 209 
			 Caerphilly 329 239 
			 Islwyn 219 176 
			 Vale of Glamorgan 437 277 
			 Cardiff West 329 190 
			 Cardiff South and Penarth 616 486 
			 Scotland   
			 Aberdeen North 514 460 
			 Aberdeen South 725 608 
			 Airdrie and Shotts 118 111 
			 Angus 268 245 
			 Argyll and Bute 241 237 
			 Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock 159 147 
			 Banff and Buchan 171 153 
			 Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk 182 167 
			 Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 84 76 
			 Central Ayrshire 193 191 
			 Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill 370 337 
			 Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East 195 178 
			 Dumfries and Galloway 252 202 
			 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 183 179 
			 Dundee East 156 111 
			 Dundee West 496 361 
			 Dunfermline and West Fife 391 360 
			 East Dunbartonshire 140 122 
			 East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow 300 235 
			 East Lothian 351 334 
			 East Renfrewshire 132 94 
			 Edinburgh East 663 504 
			 Edinburgh North and Leith 544 459 
			 Edinburgh South 175 164 
			 Edinburgh South West 475 441 
			 Edinburgh West 541 476 
			 Falkirk 383 320 
			 Glasgow Central 1,218 1,021 
			 Glasgow East 174 153 
			 Glasgow North 152 104 
			 Glasgow North East 183 148 
			 Glasgow North West 385 378 
			 Glasgow South 407 321 
			 Glasgow South West 397 308 
			 Glenrothes 247 191 
			 Gordon 279 265 
			 Inverclyde 228 136 
			 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey 570 519 
			 Kilmarnock and Loudoun 225 194 
			 Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath 292 256 
			 Lanark and Hamilton East 249 197 
			 Linlithgow and East Falkirk 360 283 
			 Livingston 709 595 
			 Midlothian 243 216 
			 Moray 226 216 
			 Motherwell and Wishaw 261 200 
			 Na h-Eileanan An Iar 41 41 
			 North Ayrshire and Arran 138 136 
			 North East Fife 497 349 
			 Ochil and South Perthshire 235 219 
			 Orkney and Shetland 76 69 
			 Paisley and Renfrewshire North 501 445 
			 Paisley and Renfrewshire South 280 207 
			 Perth and North Perthshire 347 312 
			 Ross, Skye and Lochaber 142 125 
			 Rutherglen and Hamilton West 200 165 
			 Stirling 262 238 
			 West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 339 326 
			 West Dunbartonshire 192 179 
			 Total 18,457 15,784 
		
	
	Source: Jobcentre Plus Administrative System

Finance: Gilts

Lord Higgins: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total value of the gilt-edged securities purchased by the Bank of England as part of its policy of quantitative easing; what is the annual income from those assets; and how those assets are treated in the Bank of England's accounts.

Lord Sassoon: Quantitative easing is implemented through the Asset Purchase Facility (APF). APF transactions are undertaken by a subsidiary company of the Bank of England, the Bank of England Asset Purchase Facility Fund Ltd (BEAPFF). As the Bank of England annual report explains, the BEAPFF accounts are not consolidated in the Bank's financial statements, as the Bank has no economic interest in its activities. The BEAPFF borrows from the Bank to pay for the purchases it makes. The Bank's loan to the BEAPFF appears as an asset on the balance sheet of the banking department of the Bank of England.
	To ensure that the BEAPFF is operated in an open and transparent manner, the Bank publishes a quarterly report on the transactions as part of the facility and an annual report which contains the financial statement of the facility. These can be found on the bank of England's website: http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/markets/Pages/apf/default.aspx.
	The BEAPFF has purchased £325 billion of gilts to date, details of which, including the nominal value of the gilts, coupon rates and maturities of the specific gilts held, are also available on the Bank's website.
	The 2010-11 BEAPFF annual report stated that the BEAPFF held £11.8 billion of cash holdings at the balance sheet date, primarily representing coupons received (2010: £3.8 billion).
	The 2011-12 BEAPFF annual report will be published in due course.

Food: Retailers

Lord Harrison: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review competition policy to ensure that it supports retail diversity and entry to markets for new food businesses.

Baroness Wilcox: Following a review and consultation in 2011, the Government announced reforms to the public competition framework on 15 March 2012, which will help businesses, consumers and the economy. As part of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, we now intend to create a single Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and modernise its competition toolkit with the aim of:
	improving the quality of decisions and strengthening the regime;supporting the competition authorities in taking forward the right competitioncases; andimproving the speed and predictability for business.
	It will be for the CMA, as responsible competition authority, to decide where to prioritise its resources.
	The Government are committed to supporting high streets and town centres, as evidenced by our response to the recommendations of the Mary Portas review of the high street, published on 30 March 2012. In addition, the new National Planning Policy Framework, published by the Government on 26 March 2012, states that, in drawing up local plans, local planning authorities should promote competitive town centres that provide customer choice and a diverse retail offer.

Food: Retailers

Lord Harrison: To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions Ministers have had with large retailers on provision of local food in stores.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: The Government encourage the provision of regional and local food in retailer stores at every opportunity. Retailers respond to the demands of their customers. Growing consumer demand for local food is reflected in the increasing availability of regional and local food in the stores of all the major retailers.
	The Government want to enhance the competitiveness and resilience of the whole food chain to ensure a secure, environmentally sustainable and healthy supply of food with improved standards of animal welfare. The Government's principal role is encouraging and enabling to ensure we have a thriving, competitive and sustainable agri-food sector rather than directing the commercial decisions taken by specific retailers.

Food: Strategy

Lord Harrison: To ask Her Majesty's Government what support and guidance they are providing to local authorities to help them deliver food strategies.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: I recognise the benefits that the marketing of regional and local food can bring to both producers and consumers alike and we want to encourage innovation in the sector. Recently, Defra and the Technology Strategy Board held an innovation summit to increase awareness of the innovation support mechanisms which are available to the food micro, small and medium sized businesses.
	Defra support for local food chain initiatives in England has come mainly from the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE). This funding has supported initiatives including support for local food marketing linked to tourism activity, individual food producers and retail outlets, food hubs and farmers' markets. Support will continue to be available through the new RDPE nationally consistent schemes.
	Last September, we published the Social Enterprise Action Research (SEAR) Report on Community Food Enterprises. This report (co-funded by Defra and the Cabinet Office) confirmed that across the country there are a range of local food groups of different sizes and membership emerging, often bringing together growers, processors and small food businesses. We welcome the development of these groups and the many benefits they can bring to producers and the local community, particularly to support local growth, but recognise that with the recent changes to the regional tier and closure of RDAs, it is for local communities and local economic partnerships to decide where and how initiatives of this nature develop.
	It is for local authorities to take the strategic decisions that are best for them and their areas. The National Planning Policy Framework, which came into effect on 27 March, requires local planning authorities to take into account the economic and other benefits of the best and most versatile agricultural land when making planning decisions. The Government are considering how to take forward planning guidance across a range of matters. In deciding whether new guidance is needed to support operation of the framework, we will have regard to all the submissions about guidance which came in as part of the response to last year's consultation on national planning policy.

Food: Sustainable Food

Lord Harrison: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, as part of their review of planning guidance, they will consider new guidance to provide stronger support for a sustainable food system.

Lord Taylor of Holbeach: The Government are considering how to take forward planning guidance across a range of matters. In doing so we are considering carefully all of the submissions that have been made in response to our consultation on the draft national planning policy framework which asked for views about supporting guidance.

Government Departments: Apprentices

Lord Adonis: To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of staff employed within the private offices of ministers and the permanent secretary at HM Treasury on 1 June; and how many of them were (1) under the age of 21, (2) apprentices under the age of 21, and (3) apprentices over the age of 21.
	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many apprentices (1) under the age of 21, and (2) over the age of 21, were employed within HM Treasury on 1 June, excluding agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

Lord Sassoon: Over recent years, HM Treasury has not employed apprentices. This Government want this to change. It will be actively supporting the new government scheme. A recent apprentice recruitment campaign has resulted in five new recruits, all of whom are under the age of 21.
	On 1 June 2012, there were 37 staff employed in the private offices of Ministers and the Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury. None was an apprentice or under the age of 21. Apprentices have been recruited to fill existing vacancies. At the present time, none will be placed in Ministers' private offices.

Government Departments: Interns

Lord Willis of Knaresborough: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many interns were taken on by each government department in (1) 2009-10, (2) 2010-11, and (3) 2011-12.

Baroness Warsi: The Civil Service Fast Stream Summer Diversity Programme placed 118 interns into departments in 2009-10, 74 in 2010-11 and 129 interns in 2011-12.
	In 2010-11 the Summer Diversity Programme was complemented by two further programmes to form the Cross-Whitehall Internship Programme. The two week programme for year 12 college students placed 62 interns into departments. The one day internship event for year 9 students provided 97 students with an overview of the Civil Service to raise students' aspirations.
	Outside this programme, departments may run their own schemes or offer placements. As this would be a matter for individual departments to determine, a figure is not held centrally.
	In 2012 the Deputy Prime Minister launched the social mobility strategy, "Opening Doors, Breaking Barriers". The cross-Whitehall Internship Programme reduces barriers that prevent young people from participating by providing successful residential candidates with accommodation, travel and a weekly training allowance for the duration of their placement.

Overseas Territories

Lord Ashcroft: To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish their White Paper on the overseas territories.

Lord Howell of Guildford: I refer the noble Lord to the Written Ministerial Statement made today.

Pensions

Lord Jones of Cheltenham: To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent in the latest year for which figures are available on publicising and advertising the policy that United Kingdom citizens in receipt of a state pension whilst resident in countries where that pension is not uprated can claim a temporary uprating to cover the period of their visit to the United Kingdom or another country where pension levels are uprated; and whether they propose to include relevant contact details for such claims in United Kingdom passports.

Lord Freud: Where a person claimed a UK pension from overseas, a leaflet was included with the entitlement notice. This leaflet gave specific information on the availability of uprates for periods of temporary residence in the UK and certain other countries.
	This leaflet was removed in 2011. However, the same information is now included in the notice of entitlement issued when a UK pension is awarded.
	Information on all aspects of payment of UK pensions overseas is available from the DWP's international pension centre. The contact details are available on the Direct.gov website at: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/DI1/Directories/Useful ContactsByCategory/Over50sContacts/DG_178684.
	No information on the expenditure involved, concerning the leaflet and dealing with queries, is available.
	The Identity and Passport Service has no plans to include pension information in United Kingdom passports.

Prosperity Fund

Lord Donoughue: To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has spent through the Prosperity Fund throughout the various countries where it operates.

Lord Howell of Guildford: The Prosperity Fund seeks to advance our prosperity agenda by opening markets, ensuring access to resources and promoting sustainable global growth in key emerging markets. In 2011-12, the fund's first year, the Prosperity Fund allocated 98% of its £19,402,080 spend to the following 14 target markets and multipliers:
	
		
			 China £4,703,535 
			 Brazil £3,566,111 
			 India £2,426,108 
			 Mexico £ 1,899,944 
			 South Africa £ 1,443,197 
			 Indonesia £997,111 
			 Wider Latin America £842,439 
			 Russia £498,118 
			 South East Asia £652,903 
			 Middle East (Saudi Arabia, the Gulf and Ira) £499,385 
			 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Outreach programme (Iraq, Kazakhstan, Egypt and Tunisia) £551,799 
			 Turkey £342,073 
			 Japan £301,279 
			 South Korea £262,565 
		
	
	The remaining 2% financed a range of other ad hoc, smaller projects in a number of countries including the UK.

Railways: BRB (Residuary) Ltd

Lord Berkeley: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Attlee on 18 June (WA 279), what is the cost of transferring landholdings from BRB (Residuary) Ltd to London and Continental Railways Ltd; and what interest the latter has in the site in Uckfield, West Sussex.

Earl Attlee: The transfer of landholdings from BRB (Residuary) (BRBR) to London and Continental Railways Limited (LCR) will not incur any specific cost beyond that already due to be incurred in the abolition of BRBR. As a residuary board, it has always been the Government's intention to wind-up BRBR at the appropriate time. To do so now, by way of the Public Bodies Act 2011, means that this can be achieved without incurring the significant conveyancing costs that would be involved in a private transfer to LCR.
	LCR currently has no property interest in the Uckfield site.

Republic of Ireland: Financial Support

Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Sassoon on 11 June (WS 120), what are the current, past and proposed rates of interest charged on the bilateral loan to the Republic of Ireland, the repayment arrangements, and the current interest rate charges the United Kingdom is paying on the markets for loans.

Lord Sassoon: The interest rate on the UK bilateral loan to Ireland is as set out in the loan agreement the Financial Secretary to the Treasury deposited in the Library of the House in January 2011. The rate of interest currently applicable to each tranche of the loan is equal to the 7.5 year sterling swap rate, plus a margin of 2.29%.
	The Financial Secretary to the Treasury announced on 11 June 2012 that the Treasury has agreed in principle to a new, lower interest rate on the UK bilateral loan. The new rate will represent the UK's cost of funds plus a small service fee of 0.18%. The UK's cost of funding is defined as the average yield on gilt issuance in the six months prior to the disbursement of a tranche.
	This is subject to the loan agreement being revised to reflect the new rate. Once the loan agreement has been revised, the new interest rate will apply retrospectively to those tranches of the loan already disbursed. The Financial Secretary has committed to update Parliament once the revised loan agreement has been signed and finalised.
	The bilateral loan to Ireland is drawn in eight tranches, each with a 7.5 year term and with repayment of principal in full at the maturity date.
	In the six months to 15 June 2012, the Debt Management Office issued conventional gilts with an average nominal yield of 2.000% and index-linked gilts with an average real yield of 0.022%.

Schools: Academies

Lord Hoyle: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they endorse the establishment of academies in cases where there is no proven need for an additional school.

Lord Hill of Oareford: This Government endorse the establishment of free schools, (which are legally academies) wherever there is clear local parental demand for them. Evidence of parental demand is one of the key criteria upon which free school applications are assessed.

Schools: Free Schools

Lord Hoyle: To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the health and safety obligations which need to be met by all free schools opening in September with regard to (1) science laboratories, (2) design and technology workshops, (3) canteens, (4) emergency access, and (5) disabled access.

Lord Hill of Oareford: As academies, free schools have to comply with the same health and safety regulations as all schools, including requirements relating to science laboratories, design and technology workshops, canteens, and emergency access/means of escape.
	The Equalities Act 2010 requires all schools, including free schools, to prepare and implement an accessibility strategy to improve the physical environment of the school for pupils with disabilities and special educational needs (SEN).

Schools: Free Schools

Lord Hoyle: To ask Her Majesty's Government which subjects must be taught at free schools.
	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the minimum number of hours for which any obligatory subject must be taught at free schools.

Lord Hill of Oareford: As academies, free schools must offer a broad and balanced curriculum including English, maths and science. They must make provision for the teaching of religious education and for a daily act of collective worship. We do not prescribe the number of hours for any subject.

Schools: Meals

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hill of Oareford on 14 December 2011 (WA 276-7) concerning nutritional standards in academies and free schools, what response they have received from the School Food Trust; and whether, in the light of any such response and of representations recently made by Jamie Oliver and others, they will take steps to require academies and free schools to comply with the guidance applied to all other state schools.

Lord Hill of Oareford: The School Food Trust has now undertaken a qualitative study for the department of the provision of school food in a mixture of established and new academies, including one free school. The study examined the quality of provision in academies and the attitudes and intentions of the sector.
	The report on the study, published on 15 May 2012, showed that all of the academies interviewed identified food as an important part of overall education provision. Some academies go over and above the minimum requirements and are offering their pupils high quality, nutritional food. As with the maintained sector, however, there is room for further improvement. The Secondary School Food Survey, published by the School Food Trust on 28 April, shows there are still too many schools that do not regularly provide a sufficiently balanced offering despite the standards.
	The department wants all pupils to have the opportunity to select a healthy, balanced school lunch. We will therefore consider this new evidence-and that from the trust's Secondary School Food Survey-to determine how best to achieve this policy aim.

Schools: Physical Education

Lord Hoyle: To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the requirements for the access of pupils aged 11-16 to school playing fields for physical education.

Lord Hill of Oareford: School playing fields at maintained schools are governed by the School Premises Regulations (England) 1999. Minimum areas of team game playing fields must be provided in schools with pupils over the age of eight years. The grassed area of team game playing fields must be capable of sustaining the playing of team games by pupils at the school for seven hours per week during term time. There is no specific national curriculum requirement for the access of pupils aged 11-16 to school playing fields for physical education.

Schools: Teachers

Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hill of Oareford on 12 March (WA 30), how they calculated their provisional estimate for 2009-10; and when they expect official figures to be available.

Lord Hill of Oareford: The source of the information provided on 12 March in response to (WA 30) for 2009-10 was derived from the database of teacher records. This is an administrative data source that is collected primarily for pensions' administration purposes. This department receives an extract of the database each year from the administrators of the Teachers' Pensions Scheme for statistical analysis purposes. It is used to show the numbers of teachers who are in service at March of each year in publicly funded schools and other institutions and who are members of the Teachers' Pensions Scheme. Each extract includes information for three years. The latest extract received includes information for March 2008, 2009 and 2010 and the information for March 2009 and 2010 is regarded as provisional because it is still liable to change as further teacher records are received. It is only the information for the oldest year (March 2008 on this extract) that is not regarded as provisional because after two years all the potential revisions/updates have been received. In consequence the most recent two years presented, 2008-09 and 2009-10, were marked as provisional. The statistics are published following the Official Statistics Code of Practice and are deemed to be National Statistics.
	The figures provided for 2008-09 and 2009-10 are also marked as estimates because the data source is incomplete. The department's statisticians investigate further the records of those teachers for whom it is unclear whether they are still in service to bring the total recorded in service on the database of teacher records in line with other trusted, published sources. This is to ensure that the analysis of teacher turnover for these years is not exaggerated or unreliable due to any incompleteness of the data.
	The final version of the database of teacher records information for March 2010 is likely to become available in summer 2013 and the final version of turnover figures for 2009-20 will be available at that time.
	The department is working towards replacing the turnover figures provided by the database of teacher records with information from the school workforce census. Work is currently being undertaken to link individual teachers' records from the November 2010 census with the November 2011 census.
	Teacher turnover rates are calculated by counting all teachers recorded in full or part-time service in the English publicly funded sector in March who were not in similar service or in the same establishment in March of the year before. Turnover therefore includes teacher wastage (ie those who had left service in the publicly funded schools sector in England), transfers to other establishments within the publicly funded schools sector and teachers leaving from full to part-time service or vice versa.

Schools: Teachers

Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hill of Oareford on 12 March (WA 30), what was the teacher retention rate by type of state school in England for the past five years.

Lord Hill of Oareford: The following table shows the percentage of teachers who remained in service in the English publicly funded schools sector by type of school for each of the past five years for which figures are available.
	Teacher retention has been defined as those teachers in full or part-time service in the English publicly funded schools sector at 31 March who remained in such service at 31 March of the year after. Teachers in supply service are excluded.
	
		
			 Retention1 rates of qualified teachers in publicly funded schools by sector. 
			 Years: 2005-06 to 2009-10 
			 Coverage: England 
			   (Percentages) 
			  2005-06  2006-07  2007-08  2008-092  2009-102  
			  Full-time Part-time3 Full-time Part-time3 Full-time1 Part-time3 Full-time1 Part-time3 Full-time1 Part-time3 
			 Sector 
			 Maintained nursery 91.0 80.2 93.4 80.3 91.9 87.6 90.3 86.8 93.2 86.5 
			 Maintained primary 92.0 83.4 92.5 83.3 92.5 84.9 92.5 85.5 93.3 84.6 
			 Maintained secondary 91.8 80.6 92.4 78.6 92.5 82.0 92.8 83.3 93.3 82.7 
			 Maintained special 92.0 83.2 92.2 81.5 92.6 85.9 92.9 83.6 93.1 82.9 
			 Pupil referral units 89.0 84.3 89.1 76.9 90.6 83.9 91.8 84.0 90.0 83.8 
			 Academies 90.6 .. 91.8 .. 92.1 .. 92.3 83.8 92.5 82.3 
			 All Sectors4° 91.9 82.2 92.5 81.2 92.5 83.7 92.6 84.5 93.3 83.7 
		
	
	Source: Database of Teacher Records.
	1. Retention is defined as all teachers in full or part-time service in the English publicly funded schools sector at 31 March who remained in such service at 31 March of the year after. It excludes those in supply service. Teachers who moved from full to part-time service or vice-versa or to other schools in the English publicly funded sector are excluded.
	2. Provisional estimates.
	3. 10-20% of part-time teachers may not be included in the data.
	4. Figures prior to 2008-09 may vary from published figures because academies have been included.
	.. Not available, there were insufficient cases and therefore the rate may not be reliable.

Sex Offences: Overseas

Lord Hylton: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British citizens or residents have been (1) charged, and (2) convicted, of sexual offences against children in South and South-east Asia in the most recent four years, in either local or British courts.

Lord Howell of Guildford: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) does not hold data on the number of people convicted or charged for these crimes. We can, however, provide data on the number of British nationals brought to our attention for having been arrested or detained for child sex offences overseas. The table below shows those cases which we were notified of in south and south-east Asia.
	
		
			 Financial Year Number of Arrest/Detention-Child Sex Cases Opened 
			 08-09 13 
			 09-10 14 
			 10-11 10 
			 11-12 8 
			 Total 45 
		
	
	The Home Office is conducting a review of how details of UK nationals convicted and imprisoned overseas are captured and recorded on the UK police national computer. The FCO is contributing to this exercise. The FCO is also working with the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Criminal Records Office on a pilot scheme to improve information sharing on serious notifiable offences we are made aware of.

South Sudan

Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne: To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of South Sudan's Parliament having voted to suspend at least 75 Government officials for alleged theft of at least £2.6 billion, whether they are investigating whether any United Kingdom funding may have been misappropriated as part of this sum.

Baroness Northover: The UK does not directly channel any money through the Government in South Sudan. In South Sudan we route funds through non-governmental organisations, private sector firms and multilateral agencies that have robust financial management systems. We have not seen any evidence to suggest that UK funding may have been misappropriated by South Sudanese Government officials and therefore no investigations are currently planned. As donor lead on accountability and transparency, we are working to help South Sudan tackle corruption, for example through work to clean the payroll, strengthen financial management systems and support the anti-corruption institutions. Should any evidence come to light to suggest that government officials have misused UK funding, we would launch an investigation.

Taxation: Tax Returns

Lord Higgins: To ask Her Majesty's Government under what circumstances UK taxpayers are not allowed to submit their tax returns using HM Revenue and Customs' online service, but are required to submit a paper return.

Lord Sassoon: The vast majority of self assessment (SA) taxpayers can file their SA tax return online by using the free HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) self assessment online service or commercial software. However, a small proportion of SA taxpayers are not able to file online, usually because they need to complete special dedicated pages.
	A full list of these exclusions is available on the HMRC website at: www.hmrc.gov.uk/ebu/2012-exc-indi.pdf but include:
	taxpayers whose particular circumstances mean that they need to complete special tax return pages which are not available online; andtaxpayers whose records are dealt with under separate arrangements where their tax reference number will not be recognised by the authentication system.
	These taxpayers are not able to file online as the number involved would make it disproportionately costly to develop the necessary forms and links to HMRC computer systems.

Teachers: Training

Lord Storey: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hill of Oareford on 16 March (WA 124), for each year between 2006 and 2011, how many trainees from (1) graduate teacher programmes, (2) higher education institutions, and (3) school-centred initial teacher training programmes, dropped out of their initial teacher training course.

Lord Hill of Oareford: The number of initial teacher training (ITT) trainees who leave their course at any point within their training is not collected centrally.
	Complete data are collected for the number of trainees in England who leave their course during their final year. The number of initial teacher training (ITT) trainees who left (1) the graduate teacher programme (GTP), (2) higher education institutions (HEI) and (3) school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT) before the end of their course during their final year in England are presented in Table A. The number of trainees who attained qualified teacher status (QTS) and had other outcomes to the final year of their course in each year are also provided.
	Figures for academic years 2005-06 to 2009-10 are provided and represent the latest available information. Figures for 2010-11 are not yet available.
	
		
			 Table A-Outcomes of final year ITT Trainees in England by Course Type, 2005-06 to 2009-10 
			   2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 
			 GTP Left Before End of Course 350 310 240 280 350 
			  Attained QTS 4,600 5,140 4,820 4,970 4,940 
			  Other Outcomes 290 210 120 170 90 
			 HEI Left Before End of Course 1,160 1,120 1,100 990 920 
			  Attained QTS 25,540 25,490 25,040 25,200 26,820 
			  Other Outcomes 2,880 3,100 2,760 2,750 2,670 
			 SCITT Left Before End of Course 140 130 110 100 130 
			  Attained QTS 1,470 1,490 1,430 1,450 1,600 
			  Other Outcomes 30 20 30 30 20 
			 Other ITT Routes Left Before End of Course 70 40 40 60 60 
			  Attained QTS 1,490 1,970 1,690 1,500 1,320 
			  Other Outcomes 160 160 80 100 50 
			 Total Left Before End of Course 1,730 1,600 1,490 1,430 1,460 
			  Attained QTS 33,100 34,090 32,980 33,110 34,680 
			  Other Outcomes 3,360 3,500 2,980 3,050 2,830 
		
	
	Source: Teaching Agency Performance Profiles
	1 Numbers are individually rounded to the nearest 10 and may not sum to the indicated total.
	2 Other ITT routes includes the teach first programme, overseas trained teachers and the registered teacher programme.
	3 Other outcomes includes all other possible outcomes for a recruit on an ITT course, such as completing their course but not passing the literacy, numeracy and information communication technology skills tests.
	4 HEI figures include Bradford College which is an further education college and not an HEI.

Visas

Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty's Government, in considering visa applications by foreign nationals citing the European Convention on Human Rights Article 8 right to a family life, whether it is the right of the applicant or that of the applicant's family and associates in the United Kingdom that it is taken into account when deciding on their entitlement to enter or reside in the United Kingdom; and, in the case of family, whether different weightings are applied to differing types of relationship or blood ties.

Lord Henley: A visa application citing Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights must meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules. The rules take account of the right to respect for family life of both the applicant and the family member they are applying to join in the UK. The rules do not apply different weightings to different types of family relationship. From 9 July 2012 the rules are expected to reflect the statement of changes laid on 13 June (Official Report, Commons, col. 194). The new rules will set clear requirements for each category of family applicant: partner, child, parent and adult dependent relative.